Improvement in toilet-mirrors



E.- T.- STARR.

Toilet Mirror.

Patented Mag/4,1875.

THE GRAPHIC CDAPHOTC-UTH 3981.41 PARK PLAOEJLY.

vEBEN TQSTARR, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

- IMPROVEMENT IN TOILET-MIRRORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,777, dated May 4, 1875; application filed June 22, 1874.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EBEN T. STARR, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented an Improved Toilet-Mirror, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to a mirror adapted to be heid and manipulated in the hand, for reflecting different portions ofthe head and body; and the object of the present invention is to furnish a`` neater and more attractive hand-mirror thanhas heretofore been constructed. To this end my inventionconsists in providing the handle of the mirror with a circular rim, having internal. screw-threads, andan annular rib or projection, combined with a solid circular frame having an external screw-thread and a rib or flange, whereby, when the latter is screwed into the former, the reflecting or looking glass is confined between the two ribs, and the mirror may be held in the hand by means of its handle, and different portions of the person reflected; thus furnishing, by the peculiar construction, an article of manufacture much neater, more attractive, and at less expense than has been heretofore attained, where the back plate which holds the glass in place is furnished with springbolts for this purpose.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a face view of a glass constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

The back frame A and handle B are made in one piece. The front frame consists of a ring, C, which is recessed or anged around its inner edge, as shown at cx, to receive the edge of the glass D, and form a bearing for the face thereof. On the periphery of the ring C is formed a male screw, c2. On the face of the ring G are formed knobs or studs c3, which serve to ornament the same, and also to facilitate the engagement of the hand therewith in attaching or detachin g the parts. y The back frame A is formed with an annular rib or projection, a", on its inner side, to serve as a bearing for the back of the glass near its edge, said annular projection being beveled or inclined inward, with its outer edge higher than its inner edge, so as to bear upon the back of the glass near its periphery and hold it in place, and at the saine time protect the silver on its back. On the inner edge of the back frame is formed a female screw-thread, a2, for the reception of the thread c2. A packing, d, may be introduced between the back frame and the back of the glass, consisting of one or more thicknesses of paper or other suitable material. The frame may be made of hard rubber or any suitable composition or other substance. ln attaching the parts together, the front frame or ring G is placed with its face downward, the glass D is laid thereon with its face downward, and the packing d on its back, and the frame A is attached by screwing it to the ring or front frame C.

By forming the handle of a toilet-mirror with a circular rim, having internal screwthreads, and combining therewith a circular solid back, having external screw-threads, when the two are screwed into each other, a more attractive, neater, and less expensive hand-mirror is obtained than has heretofore been constructed.

I am aware that the lenses in telescopes have been held together by circular plates screwed together to confine the glass between them, and such I disclaim; and further, I am aware that the reiecting-glass ot' a toiletmirror has been held in place by a back plate, having spring-bolts for this purpose but such is not my invention.

What l cla-im as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an article of manufacture, a toilet-mirror, the handle B of which is formed with a circular rim, C, having internal screw-threads a2, and a rib or flange, ax, combined with asolid circular back, having external screw-threads c2, and a rib or flange, cx, substantially as described, whereby, when the two parts are screwed together, the reflecting-glass is conned between the ribs, and the mirror may be held and manipulated in the hand by its handle, for reflecting different parts of the person, as set forth.

EBEN T. STARR.

Witnesses:

HENRY T. BROWN, MICHAEL RYAN. 

